Set against the backdrop of the unrest during the pre-revolution period of January 25, 2011, by following the stories of six relationships in different stages that express ambition, happiness and disappointments, that are connected with Asham , a street vendor, who expresses optimism about Egypt's future.

When Yehia's scientific investigation of the paranormal yields nothing, he takes a forced vacation from his work and regular life. Wandering aimlessly, he settles in a seaside guest house that is inhabited by a group of quirky characters. As Yehia grows intimate with the owner and close to her charismatic young daughter, he believes he's stumbled across the magic he had sought for so long. It appears that something out of the ordinary seems to exist within them all, and perhaps also within himself.

The story of a group of young intellectuals living in Egypt as friends, having a lot of ambition and joy, but with the beginning of the Iraq war , it casts a harsh shadow on the group, preventing one of them to travel abroad to continue studying.

The events take place at dawn on the eve of Eid inside a residential building, where a family lives whose grandfather is facing an emergency health crisis. Then the male children leave in a race against time in search of a doctor to save him, leaving the women and their children in a state of anticipation and anxiety. Then they are surprised by the entry of a rented girl into the building accompanied by a strange young man. They begin to project their pent-up fears and tensions onto the girl and the young man.